Want to spend more time shooting Grunts, and less time loading your games? According to Joystiq, installing Halo Reach to your Xbox 360 hard drive will cut your loading times by up to 60% in all of the games modes. If you’re one that loves Halo Reach, but also values the time you spend gaming, you’ll definitely want to consider using a bit of that hard drive space to install your game.
This Week in Co-Op, Nick and I decided to take on a swarm of aliens and save the universe from an invading threat. First, though, we had to determine which swarm of aliens we were taking on: the aliens from Alien Swarm, or the aliens from Alien Breed?
This is one of those announcements that will either get people very excited, or piss a lot of folks off. Dead Rising 2 isn't even on store shelves yet and Capcom has announced the first piece of DLC - one that's actually a stand alone title exclusive to the Xbox 360. Called Dead Rising 2: Case West, much like Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, this downloadable title gives players a small story to play in the Dead Rising universe. Instead of it being a prequel to Dead Rising 2, Case West is actually a sequel, taking place immediately after the events of the game.
If you picked up Halo Reach hoping to two finds two random dudes over the internet to fill in your co-op campaign with Aunt Sally, you'll be sad to know that "playlist" is missing. It was something we noted in our review and something at the time we were told would be there when the game launched yesterday.
It looks like somebody got Dead Rising in their Twisted Metal. Activision has announced a new zombie infested vehicular combat game. According to a recent press release, Blood Drive promises:
Dead Rising 2 Case Zero came out a few weeks ago for 400 exclusively to the Xbox 360. Case Zero was presented as a sort of extended demo, prequel of the game where you get to keep your stats for the full game, as well as giving players a taste of how the weapon creation will work for the game. Case Zero also broke records for sales on XBLA in the first week, and has kept fans sated until Dead Rising 2's retail release in 2 weeks.
Another co-op Scooby-Doo game has twinkle-toed up behind us - Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp is available today, and features some slick two-player offline co-op for the Nintendo Wii.
It just so happens that a certain game is in stores today, one that promises to be the be-all, end-all for co-op support. We're talking splitscreen...online...splitscreen online...matchmaking...persistent stats...you name it. Another goliath franchise - a direct competitor, in fact - drops its latest version into laps everywhere starting on November 9th, and it's making some interesting trades.
Timegate Studios have announced a sequel to last year's popular multiplayer shooter, Section 8. Kat reviewed the title in our Beyond Co-Op series giving it high marks, but disappointed for the lack of co-op. The new game, called Section 8 Prejudice, looks to fix many of the faults with the original by adding improved matchmaking, a fleshed out single player experience, and best of all - co-op!
We've been keeping a watchful on eye Monaco: What's yours is Mine for some time now. The four player co-op "crime caper" title has players working together to steal some loot - each person taking the role of a unique class. The classes each of abilities that support the other players, so team work is key!
Last week, we began the first round of our contest to decide the answer to an important question: which LEGO game is the greatest of them all? For the past week, we've tallied the votes, and now our first round winners have been calculated. Did your favorite make it through to Round 2?
